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Allan Duncan fonds
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2 videocassettes : (1 hr., 9 min., 41 sec.) : master, b&w and col., VHS, sd. ; 20 mm;2 audio tape cassettes : (ca. 1 hr., 10 min.)
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Dr. Allan Campbell Duncan was born in 1908 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His first wife died in 1962, and he married Jean Field (1916-2004) in 1970. He graduated in 1931 with an MD from the University of Winnipeg, then did post-graduate work at the Winnipeg General Hospital until 1933. With Dr. Snider he provided medical and dental care to isolated parts of the Yukon Territory from 1933 to 1947. In 1947 he took his Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons examinations in Edinburgh. In 1947, he began to practice as a surgeon and family physician in Regina and Vancouver. He retired in 1988 and completed his book, "Medicine, Madams and Mounties". Dr. Duncan passed away in Vancouver in 1998.
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The fonds consists of videocassette copies of five 16 mm films and accompanying narrative (both done by Dr. Allan Duncan) of his activities in and around Dawson City, Yukon in the 1940s. Activities include a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) patrol flight to small communities, mining activities, and a boat trip up the Inside Passage. Scenes include ice break-up, Dawson City floods, North Fork Ditch, Percy DeWolfe's dog team, the S.S. Klondike sternwheeler, Dawson City Discovery Day, garden produce, bear cubs, and a baby bald eagle. The patrol trip shows Dr. Duncan and Dr. Snider providing medical and dental care in communities such as Snag, Kluane Lake, Aishihik, Wolf Lake, Frances Lake, Ross River, Fort Selkirk, Mayo, and Castle Lake.
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Original 5 films were 16 mm, b&w and colour, and silent.
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All requests for reproductions to be forwarded to Mrs. Jean Duncan for approval.
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Detailed shot lists for the videocassettes are available.